10 December 2008, London Seminar

 

Global City School System

 

Speaker: Anne Sofar

 

The cities considered were: London, New York, Chicago, Toronto and Sydney.

 

Links: Notes (Michael Merchant)

 

 

 

13 November 2008, London Seminar

 

The London Challenge Presentation

 

Speaker: Dr Tim Brighouse

 

Links: Presentation - Tim Brighouse

 

 

 

16 October 2008, London Seminar

 

London’s Multilingual Schools: Miss, who needs the languages of immigrants?

 

Speaker: Dr Dina Mehmedbegovic

 

This seminar explored London’s linguistic diversity and its impact on schools and policy.

 

Links: Presentation  – Dina Mehmedbegovic

 

 

 

18 September 2008, London Seminar

 

Comprehensive Schooling and Social Inequality in London

 

Speaker: Geoff Whitty

 

This seminar explored how secondary schooling in London is socially differentiated and how emerging policy trends have impacted, either positively or negatively, on patterns of provision.

 

Links: Flyer

            Presentation – Geoff Whitty

 

 

 

10 July 2008, London Seminar

 

Ethnic Diversity: Commitment to Race Equality in Education

 

Speakers:      Jan McKenley

Professor David Gillborn (discussant)

 

LERU’s guest speaker for this seminar was Dr Jan McKenley, a Black Londoner, teacher, adviser, HMI and scholar. Professor David Gillborn will also joined us as a discussant at this seminar.

 

 

 

 

4 July 2008, Conference: Raising White Working Class Achievement

 

Organised by:           Greenwich LA

LERU

 

Held at the University of Greenwich Maritime Campus where 180 delegates attended a national conference.

 

Links:             Setting the Scene: Raising Issues : Ruth Lupton (IoE)

The National Picture - Research: Findings and Policy Implications : Robert Cassen (LSE) and Geeta Kingdon (IoE)
Race, sex and class: Reordering the Agenda : Dr. Steve Strand (cite Source )

 

 

 

11 June 2008, London Seminar

 

Does Every London Child Matter?

 

Speaker: Janet Mokades

 

 

 

14 May 2008, London Seminar

 

Reconfiguring Urban Leadership

 

Speaker: Kathryn Riley       

 

 

 

17 April 2008, London Seminar

 

The School Workforce in London

 

Speakers:      Professor Peter Earley

Sara Bubb

 

This seminar addressesed the crisis facing London schools following the new rules in regards to the employment of teaching staff without the QTS. There is no accurate data on how many teachers in London are not fully qualified. However, Earley and Bubb pointed to the marked discrepancy between the overall size of the London teaching force and the number of qualified teachers who have registered with the General Teaching Council for England. "Although there are 69,200 teachers in the capital’s state schools, only 57,773 London teachers have registered with the GTCE -- and that total includes independent school teachers,” they say. "That is a matter for concern because it looks as if over 11,000 teachers – a sixth of the capital’s workforce - aren’t registered, presumably because they aren’t qualified."

 

Links: Crisis? What Crisis? - The school Workforce in London - Peter Earley and Sara Bubb

 

 

 

13 March 2008, London Seminar

Adult Learners in London

 

Speakers:      Leisha Fullick, Pro-Director London at the Institute of Education

Simon Beer (discussant), Regional Development Officer for Adult Education, NIACE

                       

Links:             Raising Achievement - Presentation
Raising Achievement - Supporting Information
Running ever faster down the wrong road - Frank Coffield - IOE
Research, Development and Changing Practice, 2006-7 : JD Carpentieri - NRDC
Independent National Lifelong Learning Inquiry - NIACE
The London Approach - London Skills and Employment Board - LSEB
Book Chapter - Leisha Fullick - IOE